US EditionMan wins 2 separate $1M lottery prizes after accidentally buying extra ticket
MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 21 – Paul Corcoran won two $1 million Powerball prizes by accidentally buying an extra ticket for the same July 9 drawing; eight $1 million Match 5 tickets were sold nationwide that day.
- On July 9, Paul Corcoran, Fitchburg resident, bought two tickets for the Powerball drawing, landing a $2 million windfall, the Massachusetts Lottery said Tuesday.
- Earlier this year, Paul Corcoran bought a multi-draw ticket and, mistakenly believing it had expired, purchased another for the July 9 drawing, as Corcoran said.
- Both tickets matched the five white balls but not the red Powerball, and one was bought in Fitchburg while the other came from Leominster.
- On July 11, Corcoran claimed his prize at the Massachusetts State Lottery’s headquarters and told officials he felt `good` but had no spending plans.
- Powerball said eight Match 5 tickets won $1 million in the July 9 drawing, and as of July 17 the jackpot was $288 million cash value $130.6 million.
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He thought his lottery ticket had expired, so Paul Corcoran bought a second one with the same winning numbers: the most lucrative mistake of his life.
Due to an error, an American won not one, but two, million dollars in the Powerball lottery. Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, bought two single tickets for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, July 9th. He initially bought a ticket for seven Powerball draws and mistakenly thought the final draw on that ticket had already taken place. As a result, he decided to buy a new ticket, which again included the July 9th draw. The numbers on the …
A lucky man from Massachusetts bought two winning lottery tickets at two different stores, which earned him a $2 million prize. Paul Corcoran from Fitchburg, a small town in downtown Massachusetts, was scheduled to take part in the Powerball draw on July 9. He had initially bought a multidraw ticket for seven draws, but mistakenly believed that he had already passed the last draw covered by that ticket, according to a Powerball press release. So…
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